READ OUT THE FOLLOWING INTRODUCTORY SENTENCE ONLY IF A7 = 1 (yes):
The first few questions apply to the firm which this establishment is part of.
Literal question
What is this firm’s current legal status? SHOW CARD 1
Categories
Value
Category
-9
Don't know (spontaneous)
1
Shareholding company with shares trade in the stock market
2
Shareholding company with non-traded shares or shares traded privately
3
Sole proprietorship
4
Partnership
5
Limited partnership
6
Other
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.